Gaetz fires back on billboard

Days after a billboard went up in Pensacola targeting Northwest Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz over a 2008 DUI arrest, the freshman congressman is firing back.

Gaetz’s office issued the following statement:

“It is no surprise that an anti-Trump, Maryland-based PAC run by a former Clinton White House staffer is attacking Northwest Florida’s conservative congressman,” Gaetz’s office said. “Rep. Matt Gaetz has been a leading voice exposing Clinton corruption as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.”

The billboard is funded by Maryland-based Mad Dog PAC, founded by Claude Taylor, a former Clinton White House staffer and photographer who has some 203,000 followers on Twitter. Taylor said that the Gaetz billboard is the first in a campaign which will target at least a half dozen congressional Republicans who support President Donald Trump’s agenda.

“Nearly a decade ago, while in his twenties, Rep. Gaetz was arrested for DUI,” the statement continued. “This arrest and subsequent dismissal for lack of probable cause have been heavily chronicled by the local media and Gaetz’s unsuccessful political opponents. Rep. Gaetz has never been arrested previously or subsequently for any reason.”

The billboard is located on West Navy Boulevard near Cahn Street just west of downtown Pensacola. “Rep. Matt Gaetz,” the billboard reads. “How many DUIs have you had? The voters deserve to know.”

“This is a smear campaign intended to hinder Congressman Gaetz’s important work in Washington. It won’t work. Matt Gaetz won’t back down or hide from bullies — especially those working for the Clintons.”

I contributed to the campaign despite living in WI. I consider myself a patriot and Rum Sponge Gaetz a traitor. People are questioning whether it’s 7 or 8 arrests. Any number greater than one is enough not to entrust power to treasonous Gaetz. Your child might be his next victim.

David Green, you are mistaken. The hate that Americans hold in their dark souls is the hate for POC. And we saw this during Pres Obama’s Presidency. You had to LIE about his birth place and his accomplishments to comfort your ego. Now we Real Americans are going to take our Country back. We cherish our Constitution and will not let a bunch of dictator-loving frightened little red-necks destroy over 240 years of Democracy and Individual Freedom in Our Country. We don’t hate, we are filled with the Righteousness of our Fight. We are Thankful for our ForeFounders Brilliance, We will Take the House & Senate back from the rotted @GOP. We will cherish our Diversity & not allow those perverts to encourage senseless FEAR To Divide us. #United #StillWithHer #Indivisible

Important work? He’s done nothing for his district. Flying around on AF1 makes him excited to still for the Pres. But does nothing for local constituents. Tax cut for the rich? How many 1%ers live here locally?

It’s interesting how Gaetz as a Trump flunky attacks the Clintons for supposed “corruption.”

Trump doubled the membership fees at Mar a Lago after the election. Trump is SELLING ACCESS to himself as president. And, Trump is charging taxpayers for his Mar a Lago weekends. The Secret Service staying there, for example, uses taxpayer money to pay Trump’s private club to stay at it.

Corruption six ways to Sunday with Trump, but Gaetz points over to the Clinton Foundation as though the Clinton Foundation had not saved the lives of 12 million HIV-positive people in poor African countries.

If one is sincerely concerned about corruption among government figures, how can Trump possibly be immune from those concerns?

You’re just a partisan Democrat voter that won’t get outside your fencing. It’s ok. Calm down. I know it’s hard to see with your eyes closed but you must be finding some level of comfort in it, somewhere.

“This arrest and subsequent dismissal for lack of probable cause have been heavily chronicled by the local media and Gaetz’s unsuccessful political opponents. Rep. Gaetz has never been arrested previously or subsequently for any reason.”
The mathematical answer to the above formula is: one(1).
Unfounded and undocumented rumors of 5, 6, 8 times suggests you are calling him a liar if “1” isn’t the truth.
I say, present your evidence, factually, or please… keep wasting your money and time!

The fact remains that the inebriated Matt Gaetz refused a “breathalyzer” test for his DUI and, due to his father’s political maneuvering, did NOT have his license suspended as ANYONE ELSE would have done under the same circumstances for a DUI. Yet he has the audacity to repeatedly claim that his nemesis Hillary Clinton, innocent of any charges brought against her, incidentally, is treated as though she were “above the law” and nobody should be treated this way. Well how about you start by looking in the rear-view mirror, chum? How you can go around spouting that line with a clear conscience is beyond me. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR DUIs and HOW YOUR DADDY BAILED YOU OUT. That is nothing short of CORRUPTION. I have ZIP to do with Hillary Clinton. I just cannot abide hypocrites, especially hypocritical politicians like MATT GAETZ.

Ohh you sheep… It doesn’t matter if there’s a “R” or a “D” by their names. One side is just as bad as the other. Enact term limits in D.C. so there’s no more “career” politicians & watch what happens. It’s the best thing that could happen to this country!